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by NHL95fan
Sun Mar 18, 2007 12:47 am
Forum: Get Games to Work
Topic: NHL 93 Problems (freezing)
Replies: 5
Views: 5942

NHL 93 Problems (freezing)

Game works great, but everytime I look into "standings" or "change lines" the game freezes. Any idea why?
by NHL95fan
Sun Mar 18, 2007 12:44 am
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: Is it possible to play DOS games on a windows 95 computer?
Replies: 4
Views: 15175

Windows 95 and 98 have a version of DOS in them. Most games should work from the MS-DOS Prompt in the Start Menu. There are a small number of games, notably the Lemmings games from Psygnosis, that won't work in any version of Windows, including the DOS prompt in Windows 3.1. For those games, you co...
by NHL95fan
Sat Mar 17, 2007 9:27 pm
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: Is it possible to play DOS games on a windows 95 computer?
Replies: 4
Views: 15175

Is it possible to play DOS games on a windows 95 computer?

How do I do this? Do I restart the windows 95 computer in DOS mode, then insert the DOS CD? Also would DOS games work in windows 98? I think they do but not 100 percent sure.
by NHL95fan
Sat Mar 17, 2007 6:27 am
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: NEWBIE here! Question about How To Play Old DOS Games!
Replies: 2
Views: 5415

You basically have two options ... 1. Use <a href="http://dosbox.sourceforge.net">DOSBox</a> which it sounds like you've already tried. A new version, 0.70, of DOSBox was released recently, so if you're using 0.62 try the newest version. or 2. Try <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/wi...
by NHL95fan
Fri Mar 16, 2007 9:19 pm
Forum: General Gaming
Topic: NEWBIE here! Question about How To Play Old DOS Games!
Replies: 2
Views: 5415

NEWBIE here! Question about How To Play Old DOS Games!

Hi there! I run a windows XP, but recently downloaded an emulator called "dosbox" which lets me play old DOS games on my XP. I love old DOS games and its a lot of fun, but the games are sometimes "choppy". Someone told me these old games would run MUCH better on an actual old ODS...